Elinor Freedman
Cape Cod washashore Elinor Freedman is drawn to the vibrancy and immediacy of pastel. Using sanded papers or textured boards with acrylic or watercolor underpaintings, Ellie’s pastels show a range of effects that bring her paintings to life. She has exhibited work in numerous juried exhibits in New England and New York. Ellie is an artist member of the Salmagundi Club, a juried master artist at the Cape Cod Art Center, a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists, an associate member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod for which she has served as a board member and coordinates a scholarship program for students who aspire to careers in the arts. Ellie also serves as docent chair at the Cape Cod Museum of Art where she enjoys collaboration with docents to curate museum exhibits.
Learn more about the artist in this video produced by Geoffrey C Bassett for the Artist of the Month series at the Chatham Orpheum Theatre.
Recent Juried Exhibitions and Awards
2016 Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Juried Show-Balancing Act, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2016 Artist’s Choice, juried show Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2016 Yarmouth Art Guild Spring Exhibition, juried exhibit, Honorable Mention Award
2016 All Cape Cod, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2016 For Pastels Only, national open juried exhibit, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
2016 All Cape Cod, juried exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2016 The National, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2016 It’s Pastel, national juried exhibit, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH
2016 Blakely Gallery, Wakefield, MA, group exhibit
2016 First Thursday, Albion Cultural Exchange, Wakefield, MA group exhibit
2016 Artist Showcase Presentation for Yarmouth Art Guild, Cultural Center, S. Yarmouth, MA
2017 Class Act, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA, 1st place prize for pastel
2017 Winter Glow, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA, Honorable Mention Award
2017 Artists Vision, juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center,
2017 For Pastels Only, national open juried exhibit, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
2017 All Cape Cod, national juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Honorable Mention Award
2017 Purely Pastel, juried exhibit, Connecticut Pastel Society, Board of Directors Award
2017 All Cape Cod, juried exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2017 10th Annual UArt Online Juried Exhibit-selected as one of 100 from over 700 entries
2017 The National, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2017 Featured Artist Eastwind Gallery, Orleans, MA
2017 All New England, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2017 Pure Color 2017, international juried online exhibit, Pastel Society of North Carolina
2017 Renaissance in Pastel, juried exhibit, CT Pastel Society, Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
2017 It’s Pastel, national juried exhibit, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH
2017 Yarmouth Art Guild Fall Exhibition, Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA, 2nd prize
2018 Explorations, digital art, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2018 National Association of Women Artists Winter Small Works, a Juried exhibit, New York
2018 Yarmouth Art Guild Spring Exhibit, Cultural Center, South Yarmouth, MA, 2nd prize
2018 Bay State Open, national juried exhibit,Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2018 For Pastels Only, national juried exhibit, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
2018 Heritage Museum & Gardens selected for exhibit with Sandwich Arts Alliance
2018 National Association of Women Artists Summer Small Works, a Juried exhibit, New York
2018 National Association of Women Artists Summer 129th Annual Members Show, New York
2018 International Association of Pastel Societies 33rd Juried Exhibition-The 2018 Web Show
2019 Real Time, juried exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, MA Chapter, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Bon Appetit, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Juried Show, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2019 Opposites Attract, juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA , 2nd prize for pastels
2019 Places & Spaces, juried exhibit, The AlteRnaTive Art Space in SoWa Art & Design District, Boston , MA
2019 All Cape Cod, juried exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2019 All Squared, juried exhibit, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2019 The National, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2019 Windows & Doors, juried artist exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, Honorable Mention Award
2019 My Happy Place, juried artist exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, Honorable Mention Award
2019 HUE-MAN-IZE , National Association of Women Artists, MA Chapter, John Joseph Moakley Courthouse, Boston
2019 All New England, national open juried exhibit, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2019 It’s Pastel, national juried exhibit, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH
2020 Member-able, a juried exhibit at the Cape cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2020 Members Exhibit, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
2020 Lust After, Fountain Street Gallery, SOWA Arts District, Boston, MA
2020 Solo Exhibit, Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA
2020 All Things Square, juried exhibit at Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2020 All Cape Cod, juried exhibit at Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2020 Collectable, National Association of Women Artists MA Chapter, Rockport, MA
2020 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY, Associate/Non-Member Juried Virtual Exhibit
2020 All New England, juried exhibit at Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2020 National Association of Women Artists 131st Annual Members Show
2020 Chatham Orpheum Theater, September Featured Artist, Chatham, MA
2020 Art & Activism, SOWA Arts District, Boston, MA
2020 Cold, National Association of Women Artists, online
2020 A Year in Blue, National Association of Women Artists MA Chapter, SOWA Arts District, Boston, MA
2020 Hope, juried exhibit at Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2020 Falmouth Arts Center Juried Members Show at Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2021 Luminosity, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
2021 We Are Cape Cod, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2021 Nocturnes, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2021 Into the Woods, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
2021 Winter Small Works Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, online
2021 Master Artist Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2021 124th Annual Exhibit of Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2021 All Cape Cod, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2021 Like It Hot II, National Association of Women Artists Chapters MA, FL, SC, online
2021 Marks of Distinction 21, Central MA Pastel Society juried exhibit, online
2021 All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2021 For Pastels Only, 25th juried national exhibit of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
2021 All in the Family, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA, virtual & streaming in the galleries
2021 Renaissance in Pastel, CT Pastel Society, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2021 Associate Member Exhibit of Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2022 Transparent Translucent Opaque: Layered Meanings, juried members exhibit, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2022 Changing lives, Changing future, juried exhibit of National Association of Women Artists MA Chapter, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 A Study in Contrast, exhibit by juried artist members, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2022 In a Mood, winter exhibit, Cotuit Center of the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2022 Annual Members Exhibit, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
2022 At a Crossroads, a virtual exhibit of the National Association of Women Artists
2022 Transparent | Translucent | Opaque: Layered Meanings, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2022 Mutual Muses, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
2022 Focus on Figures, North River Arts Society, Marshfield Hills, MA
2022 Piece by Piece, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2022 Spring Open, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2022 All Cape Cod, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2022 The National, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2022 Garden Variety, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2022 Art & Soul, Ridge Club, Sandwich, MA
2022 At a Crossroads, National Association of Women Artists
2022 Summer Small Works, National Association of Women Artists
2022 A Study in Contrast, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2022 For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, Blick/UArt Award
2022 Members Exhibit, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
2022 Renaissance in Pastel, CT Pastel Society, Old Lyme, CT, Jack Richeson Award
2022 The National, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA, Honorable Mention in Pastel
2022 Dune, invitational exhibit, Tanuki Gallery, Brewster, MA
2022 It’s Pastel, national open juried exhibit, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH
2022 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Member/Associate Juried Exhibit, Old Lyme, CT
2022. Pastel Showcase, Salmagundi Club, NY
2023. Depth Perception, juries exhibit of National Association of Women Artists, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, MA
2023 Pastels Plus, Central MA Pastel Society
2023 We Have Been Around Forever, National Association of Women Artists, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2023 Pastels Plus, Central MA Pastel Society, online
2023 Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, MA solo show May-June 2023
2023 All Cape Cod, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA, award for pastels
2023 For Pastels Only, juried national exhibit Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Cultural Center of Cape Cod
2023 All Works Square, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2023 Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NY
2023. Sub Marine, Tanuki Gallery, Brewster, MA
2023 Renaissance in Pastel, Art Center East, Vernon, CT
2023 It’s Pastel! Discovery Center, Portsmouth, NH
2023 Ambition, Wedeman Gallery, Newton, MA
2023 All New England, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2023 Night Moves, Tanuki Gallery, Brewster, MA
2023 Mutual Muses, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2023 PIXELS, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2024 147th Annual Black & White Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY
2024 Pastels Plus, Central MA Pastel Society, online
2024 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Members Exhibit, Old Lyme, CT
2024 National Association of Women Artists-MA Chapter, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2024 It’s Pastel, Pastel Society of NH, Portsmouth, NH
2024 Central MA Pastel Society National, Harvard, MA
2024 The Masters, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2024 All Cape Cod, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2024 A Different Dimension, Larkin Gallery, Harwicjh, MA
2024 For Pastels Only, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, S.Yarmouth, MA
2024 Unique Impressions, Salmagundi Club, New York
2024 Rockport National, Rockport Art Association/Museum, MA
2024 Member Show, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2025 Why Cape Cod? Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2025 Fresh Perspectives, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, S.Yarmouth, MA
2025 Members Show, Salmagundi Club, NY
2025. Hot Hues, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2025 Impact of Color, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, MA
2025 We Are Gods, National Association of Women Artist, MA Chapter, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, S.Yarmouth, MA
Publications/Video
2021, 2022 Truly Orleans, publication of Orleans Chamber of Commerce
2022 Cape Cod Art Center Plein Air Festival Brochure
2020 Video by Geoffrey C. Bassett for Chatham Orpheum Theater Artist of the Month Series